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The worst place I have worked at in my career

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Atlassian for 2 years
August 25, 2020
Sydney, Australia
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good culture; the engineering folks are nice people to work and hang out with.

A lot of activities are organized in the office for people with different interests, such as masterclasses, challenges, and fitness events.

A lot of areas exist to learn and improve your skills.

It's a good starting point in your career.

Cons
  • Your work environment depends on the team you're going to join, so choose wisely.
  • Growth paths for senior engineers are absolutely unclear.
  • Direct and mid-management is horrible. The last 9 months in the company was a nightmare. We've been dictated what to do and how; our engineering concerns and proposed improvements to make customer experience better were just ignored. We'd been doing simple improvements in a product with estimates bloated by management while being constantly stressed. We were just closing tickets. It was my first (and last) time in my career when my performance was measured by the number of pages I created in Confluence, the number of tickets I closed, and the number of comments I left in peer reviews (I'm not joking). In 3 months, 30% of the team just left.
  • Values are full of hypocrisy and double standards.
  • Atlassian is a big corp, despite the fact that they advertise themselves as a company with a "startup" culture. That's simply not true.
Advice to Management
  • Invest in educating your managers. Former engineers are not always good managers.

  • Make the transition of devs between teams easier. This way, management would be interested in building a good team culture and helping people grow.

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